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Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by oceanplexian on Friday March 11, 2022 @02:11PM (#30644624)
I think technology changes but it doesn’t need to be hostile.

An electric car, for all intents and purposes should be substantially easier to repair, diagnose, and work on, but manufacturers are doing things like using proprietary signaling protocols, locking out third party parts, and putting complex software in the place of simple and reliable hardware. Electric cars aren’t new, they’ve been around since the 90s and it was perfectly possible to create one without the “smart” nonsense we are seeing today. My car doesn’t need to report my location to a database or have a manufacturer kill-switch and it doesn’t make one a Luddite for feeling that way.

Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by orangepurple on Friday March 11, 2022 @08:56PM (#30648272)
The Chinese are our last hope. Since they have total disregard for IP and NDAs we can get scanners and tools from them that actually let us circumvent arbitrary manufacturer limitations
Re:You don't ever own an electric vehicle by userbinator on Saturday March 12, 2022 @12:29AM (#30649206)
Electric cars aren’t new, they’ve been around since the 90s

The 1890s, to be precise...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Parker_Electric_ca...